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SNL alum Chris Kattan gets probation for DUI

The Associated Press

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08/15/2014 09:30:15 AM MDT

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FILE - In this June 4, 2012 file photo, Chris Kattan arrives at a premiere in Los Angeles. On Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, Kattan was sentenced to three years of probation for driving under the influence and crashing his Mercedes into a Department of Transportation vehicle on a Southern California freeway earlier in the year. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP,File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Kattan has been sentenced to three years' probation for driving under the influence and crashing his Mercedes into a Department of Transportation vehicle on a Southern California freeway earlier this year.

The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/1sJd2SR ) the former "Saturday Night Live" star was also ordered Thursday to pay a $500 fine and attend an alcohol education program.

A restitution hearing will be held next month to determine how much Kattan owes the state for damage to the DOT vehicle.

The 43-year-old was arrested in February after he struck the vehicle that belonged to a crew conducting maintenance on a guardrail.

Kattan, who was on 'SNL' from 1996 to 2003, is best known for the character Mango.

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